1st Major News Story

Vietnam war on tv every night - uncle was over there flying recon missions in his Voodoo.

....

This. I have no idea how old I was or what channel, but I can clearly remember a graphic of Vietnam in the upper-right part of the screen with the weeks death tolls listed beneath it.
 
Walter Cronkite naming and showing the KIAs at the end of the evening news back in ‘71 or so.
“And that’s the way it was...”

They won’t let the newscasters do that anymore.

They say that his newscasts were so powerful that he sparked the protests that ended the war.
 
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Walter Cronkite naming and showing the KIAs at the end of the evening news back in ‘71 or so.
“And that’s the way it was...”

They won’t let the newscasters do that anymore.

They say that his newscasts were so powerful that he sparked the protests that ended the war.
I remember when David and Chet would sign off, by saying good night to each other
 
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